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Lohnspreizung und Effizienz
Schlicht, Ekkehart - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Wage Dispersion and Efficiency. It is often assumed that markets generate efficient allocations, but these are not … compensating differentials will increase both efficiency and fairness, quite in line with the classical position taken by Adam … Differentiale heranführen dienen zugleich der Verbesserung der Effizienz und der Gerechtigkeit. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187319
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Economics as victim between lawyers and mathematics: An explanation for the tax credit, Bulgarian potential fraud, European unemployment and the economic crisis
Colignatus, Thomas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
aggressive export policies of Northern Europe via their low wage policies. (6b) Given the similarity of the tax policies in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109700
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Growth and Pattern of Intra-Industry Trade in Manufactures in Inida's Overall Trade:A Quantitative Analysis
Das, Gouranga G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
This paper analyses empirical evidences of growing volume of Intra-industry trade in India during 1975-1992. Quantitative evidences show that trade in manufactured products has increased with rapid industrialisation leading to genesis of intra-industry trade. Measures of Grubel-Lloyd...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259248
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When is shared sanitation improved sanitation? - The correlation between number of users and toilet hygiene
Günther, Isabel; Niwagaba, Charles B.; Lüthi, Christoph; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The international debate on the question of whether shared and/or public sanitation facilities should be considered improved is still open. The concern is that a shared sanitation facility cannot be maintained in hygienic conditions when used by too many people. The analysis of 1’500 randomly...
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The laffer curve and the debt-growth link in low-income Sub-Saharan African economies
Megersa, kelbesa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The study of the link between debt and growth has been full of debates, both in theory and empirics. However, there is a growing consensus that the relationship is sensitive to the level of debt. Our paper tries to address the question of non linearity in the long term relationship between...
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The impacts of the food, fuel and financial crises on households in Nigeria. A retrospective approach for research enquiry
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Chiripanhura, Blessing - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines the impacts of the financial, food and fuel crises on the livelihoods of low-income households Nigeria. It uses primary household level data from Nigeria to analyse the impacts of induced price variability on household welfare. Our results indicate that aggregate shocks have...
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The external debt-servicing constraint and public-expenditure composition in sub-Saharan Africa
Fosu, Augustin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In the light of the current global financial and economic crises, how would governments in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) allocate their budgets across sectors in response to a binding debt-servicing constraint? Within a framework of public-expenditure choice, the present paper estimates...
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Where do Kampala’s poor “go”? - Urban sanitation conditions in Kampala’s low-income areas
Günther, Isabel; Horst, Alexandra; Lüthi, Christoph; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Results of a representative survey conducted with 1’500 poor households in Uganda’s capital during November 2010 show that the majority of Kampala’s urban poor have access to on-site sanitation facilities. Despite the widespread accessibility to sanitation, the conditions of many...
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Air Transport and Destination Performance – A case study of three African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa)
Tchouamou Njoya, Eric - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
of more diversified export-based industries, away from over-reliance on natural resources, which in the presence of …
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Does colonialism have an impact on the current language situation in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Buzasi, Katalin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Recent studies show that colonization and ethnolinguistic fragmentation have relevant long-lasting impacts on ex-colonies and might explain development and underdevelopment of different parts of the world. The aim of this paper is to connect these two strands of the literature to some extent by...
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